cat in a furniture store, rue Villeneuve (near St Laurent)
Been walking around a lot, from place to place. The streets are still the same – St. Laurent, St. Denis, St. Hubert. Watched the absolutely brilliant Kung Fu Hustle that Ron had downloaded, and walked home late and sleepy. Locked out till my hosts got home, so I went and sat in Parc Lafontaine. Mont Royal was closed to cars traffic and people were painting the streets orange (literally). They were screening a movie on a projection screen but I just wanted to lie down in the grass. Today Ron and I went up The Main, St Laurent. I’ve been reading ‘Son of a Smaller Hero’ by Montreal’s own Mordechai Richler, and I enjoyed his description of St Laurent. I quote it here, along with an update of what I see today.
*Richler*: Every night St Lawrence Boulevard is lit up like a neon cake and used-up men stumble out of a hundred different flophouses to mix with rabbinical students and pimps and Trotskyites and poolroom sharks. Hair tonic and water is consumed in back alleys. Swank whores sally at you out of the promised jubilee of all the penny arcades. Crap games flourish under lamp posts. You can take Rita the Polack up to the Liberty Rooms or you can listen to Panofsky speak on Tim Buck and The Worker. You can catch Bubbles Dawson doing her strip at the Roxie Follies. You can study Talmbud at the B’nai Jacob Yeshiva, or you can look over the girls at the A.Z.A. Stag or Drag.
*Today*: Every night St Laurent Boulevard is lit up like a neon cake. Painted women spill out of a hundred different clubs to eat shish taouk with college students and hipsters and men-with-cars. Beer and shots are ordered and joints are smoked in the street. Sexy girls sashay in hip scarves, inviting eyes and entrance to every p’tit bar and terrace. Squeege Kids loiter under lampposts – begging money and smoking 20$ packs of cigarettes. You can take Celine back to her Plateau 3 1/2, or you can catch the Lovely Feathers and The Metrics at Le Swimming. You can visit the Strip Clubs to the south, or watch the performance art at the Fringe Fest. There’s free WiFi at Pi or Pistol, and bella models at Buona Notte.
I miss Montreal… :( How long will you be staying there for?
Till next Friday, one more week. I miss it when I’m gone, but I also miss Sri Lanka now
kung fu hustle i recomend in all languages for all ages, the most brilliant thing i’ve seen in a long time !
indi – maybe you should also start something on Caméra d’Or Winner at Cannes – Vimukthi Jayasundara director of “The Forsaken Land”
gotta love St. Laurent, the place seems the have its own rules.
you were in town and I didn’t know. maybe i’ll get to meet ya next time!
Our Homie Pedro is tryin to flunk his old couch and I’m not gonna front, it’s the fugliest piece of shit I’ve ever seen. Pedro’s been putting up this ad all over the internet,tryin to get rid of it, it’s funny as fuck:
If you looking to lose your virginity we have a deal for you. My girl just bought a banging new couch, but we gotta get rid of the old one. She’s old, black, passive and free. I don’t have any pics cuz she’s a bit shy. Her dimensions are 5.5 feet wide x 3 feet tall x 1.5 feet wide (5.5-3-1.5) so she’s a lacking a little on the top. She’s very quiet, as I said she’s passive. She usually wears a skirt around her legs to keep her modesty and make her look fly. She also comes with an old plastic slip cover (in case things get a little messy when you’re on her). Since we got the new couch we’ve removed her from the living room and she’s now sunning herself on our porch… NAKED with her skirt off… waiting for a cool guy (or not so cool guy) to come and pick her up (she’s only a couple feet from the drive)and throw her ( place her is more like it) into his van or pickup truck (she likes lying on the bed of the pickup truck because it’s more her style…. and she’s too big to sit bitch) and TAKE HER…take her away from this lonely place and show her some love. She’s really verfy lonely sitting on our porch in Miami. She would love it if someone would at least come by and check her out…and maybe you could be the one she’s warming up tonight. She knows she’s a little dirty and not too fly, but she’ll keep you warm and comfortable and she’s waiting for you FREE and ready for the taking.
Baby Z:
Get a blog.
hahahha, yes, that would be a good idea
Hey Baby Z, estaba en Isla Mauricio por cerca de 2 semanas en negocio. Viaje excelente. Es un lugar fascinador. Siente más como Francia en las zonas tropicales. Quizá usted y Lanta quisieran ir allà para una partida romántica. Hey, envÃeme un cuadro de usted y de Lanta. Piense que conozco a este individuo.
Como ando Loku? Lanta y me no vamos a Isla Mauricio, pero me gusta. A veces vamos a Sri Lanka a visitar la familia de el. Viajamos en mas estados en el Estados de Unidos. Lanta y me estamos junto ahora y siempre. Piensas conozcas Lanta? No creo porque es de Atlanta, Georgia originariamente.
Hey Pumpkin tried to get through to you but couldn’t. All the watering holes were closed till 12mn so N and me ended up at his place paying a tribute to Johnny. Landed up at The Irish Pub around 12.30am. I tell you that place still rocks for this old fashioned local rasthiya!! Drop a line.
Baby Z, Pumpkin, Loku:
Get blogs.